Tuesday, November 29, 2022

December Leader's Meeting


 Our leader's meeting will be at either 10 am or 7 pm on Monday, December 5th.  

Where: Meetings will be held in-person at the Boys and Girls Club (10515 E Lakeview Dr, Scottsdale, AZ 85258). 

Social gathering at Goldies following the evening meeting (approximately 8:15 pm)

"Stuff"

ENRICHMENT
Planning an Event
Budgeting Process

Mother/Daughter Tea?

Brainstorm for 2022-2023

Old Business
Father/Daughter Dance recap

NEW BUSINESS
Upcoming Events

Outdoor Ed
Community Service 
       
Cookies
    Cookies for the Troops
    Cookie Delivery

CALENDAR
2022-2023 calendar is a work in progress.  Check back for updates.


December
December 17, 8 am: Jingle Bell Hike

January 2023
Community Service Event: Canned Food Drive
January 6: Cookie Rally (Troop 2010)
January 14 or 15: Cookie Delivery
January 16: Cookie Sales Begin
January 28, 9:30: Morning Stroll

February 2023
February 25, 9:30: Morning Stroll
February 26: Thinking Day (Troop 2256/4727)

March 2023
Community Service: Jared Boxes and Treasures for Teachers
March 4-5: Camp B.A.S.I.C.

April 2023
Community Service Event: Earth Day and Women’s Shelter
April 3: Leader's Gala
April 14-16, Spring Encampment
April 22: Annual Meeting (tentative)
April 29, 8 am: Morning Stroll
TBA: Mother/Daughter Tea (Troop 7076)

May 2023
Community Service: DIY Pet Toys
May 3: Older Girl Recognition and Bridging (Troops 2256/4727)

June 2023
June 10, 2 pm: Lion King, Jr
June 19-23 (tentative): Day Camp: Once Upon a Pima

July 2023
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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Girl Scout Astronomy Event

 PLEASE RSVP and pay by November 28th


Girl Scout Astronomy Night

Join us for a night filled with fun, food, and astronomy! On December 4th from 4:45 to 8:00, Pima Neighborhood will be hosting an astronomy night for Girl Scouts of all ages at Redmond Field Verrado. We will have badge activities for all levels of Girl Scouts, a constellation tour conducted by Astronomy Association expert George Cannelos, and various telescopes for girls to explore the galaxy with.

Pizza will be provided and parents and siblings are welcome to join. The fee for girls is $8.00 and for parents/siblings that who food and drink there is a $2.50 fee. The girls’ fee will cover supplies and the badges that the girls will receive at the end of the night. Make sure to bring camp chairs for the constellation tour and warm clothes because we will be outside. We look forward to you joining us! :)

Payments can be made through Venmo to Diana or via a check written to Pima Neighborhood.
Location for Event: 20895 W Hamilton St, Buckeye, AZ 85396
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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Top Three (+) No-no's During Cookie Season


 1. Raspberry Rallies are only available via shipped orders.  No buying to re-sell at booths or door-to-door or whatever else you might think is a good idea.  Any plan to resell them is a big, fat "NO."  Troop proceeds are forfeit if you violate this rule.

2. No selling at the Open of the Superbowl. Any plan to subvert this rule is also a big fat "NO." Troop proceeds are forfeit if you violate this rule.  

3. No Venmo.  Venmo is not to be used in any way for cookie sales.  You may NOT use it for personal sales or at cookie booths.  Just pretend it doesn't exist as far as cookie sales go.  Please use Digital Cookie for personal sales and Clover Go for booths.

Please remember that cookie money MUST be deposited into the TROOP ACCOUNT.  Under no circumstances should any cookie money ever go into a personal account.  It's not ok to deposit cash into your account and then write a check/Venmo to the troop!!! PLEASE please read that again. This is not ok for you and it's not ok for parents.  They have to turn in the cash they receive.

Here's the official "blurb" from the cookie manual on money handling:

Troop Bank Deposits

Properly handling cookie money is critical for a successful Troop Cookie Program. Please follow these simple, but effective steps: 

» Deposit cookie money into your troop account weekly (or more often). 
» Only deposit money into the troop bank account. Don’t ‘mingle’ Girl Scout money with personal money. 
» Provide parents with a signed receipt when collecting money (and checking out cookies). » Regularly verify account balance and deposits with bank records. 
» Confirm there are sufficient funds for ACH debits.


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Cookie Top Ten List of Things to Do

 1. If you attended training, you will have received a TPM (Troop Product Manager Agreement) link. Read that and sign that today for eBudde access.  

2. Check with your cookie manager and troop leader friends to make sure they got this list via email.  If they did not, please ask me to add them to distribution list.

3. Get onto the Facebook group where you can ask questions and keep caught up: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pimags

4. Once you get into eBudde, check to make sure each girl is present under the "Girls" tab.  If a girl is missing, she is likely not registered.  Take care of that :)

5. Bookmark these:
http://pimaneighborhood.blogspot.com/
(not completely updated yet) https://sites.google.com/view/pimacookietraining/
https://www.girlscoutsaz.org/en/cookies/about-girl-scout-cookies.html

Browse around those sites a bit to see what's there.

6. If you don't have Clover Go, set that up.  Training for Clover Go is under MyGS >> gsLearn (in the left-hand column, at the bottom)

7. Download Clover Go, Digital Cookie, and Cookie Finder on your phone.

8.  Make sure you have Kelley and Teresa's contact info for help and make a note of their future Cookie Chats (sign up for reminders here: https://sites.google.com/view/pimacookietraining/)

(Go find your email, their contact info is there).

9. Plan your cookie meeting with your troop where you can share the samples of Raspberry Rallies you received yesterday and collect information for your initial order.

10.  You probably need a glass of wine or sparkling water... treat yourself.
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